Vol. 19, No. 30
Answer the damn question
End the bullshit responses and talk like a real person.
By Tim Bousquet
Sarah
Vintage loving Vancouverite
By Danna Storey
Sheri
Leopard spots
Kelty
Nostalgic with a modern touch
Tracy
Great hairportunity
Danielle
Classic quality
Apple store coming to Halifax?
Rumours are flying of a local Mac headquarters in 2012
By Carsten Knox
Hami's Cafe closed
Shuttering of local coffeeshop a hit to the downtown Dartmouth community
Africville redux
Just like the Africville community before it, north end Halifax is in danger of being destroyed.
The Coast takes a week off
Office closed, no paper this week.
2011’s art heaven
This year had some highs and lows for the art scene in Halifax, but one thing’s for sure: art is at the heart of our city.
By Allison Saunders
3 Poems
By Jaime Forsythe
Nova Scotia movie business 2011
Inside Haliwood: The biz rocked this year. Here’s a look back at 12 months of shooting.
Messiah from Scratch sings loud
This 33rd annual holiday tradition keeps the masses coming year after year, and it's no wonder why.
Don’t Come In Here
By Andrew Hood
Bright’s Passage
By Josh Ritter (The Dial Press)
By Craig Johnson
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
By Mindy Kaling (Crown Archetype)
By Tara Thorne
Princess Knight
By Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
By Lissa Pattillo
Empress of the Deep
Available on iOS, Mac OSX, PC (Silverback Productions)
By Colin Chisholm
The Adventures of Tintin action-packed but deficient
Spielberg a bit off his game in the family blockbuster department
By Matt Semansky
Sweet! We Bought A Zoo!
Cameron Crowe's return to feature film a benign holiday entertainment
By Molly Segal
War Horse sentimental but captivating
Steven Spielberg delivers again with a grand, old-fashioned drama
Don 2 is pretty, bloated
Indian action sequel indebted to much better Hollywood movies
By Jacob Boon
A passable The Darkest Hour
Moscow-set alien invasion thriller avoids cliche
Best Films of 2011 Podcast
Matt Semansky and Molly Segal flesh out their lists of the best movies of the year
Memorial for LEXX co-creator this Sunday
Lex Gigeroff to be feted at Bubba Rays
Year to the ground
Recapping a year of music and can-do attitudes in Halifax
By Alison Lang
Other people
Hometown lads in Each Other come back for the holidays with a new sound.
By Mark Black
Craig MacDonald's heartfelt party
This New Year's Eve party won't just make your night a memorable one, it'll help grant a little girl's biggest wish, too.
Return of the Tupperware Remix Party
The weird and wacky dance band is back from the big city to help you ring in 2012.
The Black Keys
El Camino (Nonesuch)
By Matthew Ritchie
Tori Amos
Night of Hunters (Deutsche Grammophone)
The Roots
undun (Def Jam)
By Adrian Lee
Al Tuck
Under Your Shadow (New Scotland)
By Doug Taylor
Superhero Girl
By Faith Erin Hicks
True Story by Mike Holmes
By Mike Holmes
Ladies who lunch
Once a week---tucked away in St. Andrew’s Community Centre---senior immigrant women get together, cook up a storm and learn from each other in Grandma’s Kitchen.
By Andy Murdoch
New Year's Eve's hottest meal
With a special menu, and exclusive wines, Morris East's celebratory meal is on fire.
New Year's take two
Here are two surefire ways to keep the party going into 2012.
Getting home
Free Will Astrology
Lose some of your “muggleness,” Aries
By Rob Brezsny
Get a dog, lady, not a boyfriend
Dan says it’s borderline abusive behaviour to guilt-trip your higher-libido guy about masturbation: especially by smelling his hands for lube.
By Dan Savage
Recently Engaged: Amanda & Stephen
A wrapped-photo surprise Christmas proves to be very merry.
Recently Engaged: Becka & Adam
Stranded on an island in Kejimkujik National Park.
Halifax Transit planning for a ridership decrease
By Matt Stickland
The many faces of Hawksley Workman
By Martin Bauman
Pit sweat and drug checks: Dispatches from the JUNO Red Carpet
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
By Team Coast